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In the past decade, computing and communications leaders have realized that electronic devices will soon become so small, the particles they use to store and process data will start acting strange. “On the quantum level, stuff stops behaving in the classical way,” UC Merced physics professorSai...

At the beginning of its third year serving undergraduate students on campus, UC Merced is preparing for still more construction to start. Here’s a recipe for fun: 38 high school chemistry teachers, a bag of potatoes, several aluminum tubes and dowels, a big roll of duct tape and three enthusiastic...

MERCED - As the University of California, Merced, pursues the federal designation of Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), one biology professor has already gotten a taste of the benefits that come with that status. Professor Andres (Andy) Aguilar recently returned from four weeks in Washington, D.C...

Caitlyn Kennedy knew she wanted to attend UC Merced when she was in the eighth grade and the now-thriving campus was just a barren field. She watched a presentation about the proposed UC campus at her middle school in Frazier Park, a tiny town about an hour south of Bakersfield. In high school,...